Case Name Citation Year ▲ Distance from slave case(s) Law Type Jurisdiction
State v. Piver 3 N.C. 79 1799 0 Homicide North Carolina
John v. Dawson 2 Yeates 449 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of PA.
Anonymous 3 N.C. 86 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Cooke v. Simms 6 Va. 39 1799 1 Virginia
Dick v. Gibbins 1 Del. Cas. 222 1799 0 Petition for freedom; Granted Delaware
Montgomery v. Black 4 H. & McH. 391 1799 0 Maryland
Pollard v. Coleman 8 Va. 245 1799 0 Suit in chancery SC of Appeals VA
Bogle, Somerville & Co. v. Sullivant 5 Va. 561 1799 1 Virginia
King v. M'Daniel 8 Va. 451 1799 1 Virginia
Macon v. Crump 5 Va. 575 1799 0 Action of covenant SC of Appeals VA
Hargis v. Vaughan 1 Del. Cas. 241 1799 0 Recovery of money for transporting an enslaved person illegally Delaware
Flemings v. Willis 6 Va. 5 1799 0 Marriage Settlement SC of Appeals VA
Jones v. Williams 6 Va. 102 1799 1 Virginia
Price v. Campbell 6 Va. 110 1799 0 Usury SC of Appeals VA
Eckhols v. Graham 5 Va. 492 1799 0 Action of debt SC of Appeals VA
Hancock ex rel. Guardian v. Hovey 1 N.C. 104 1799 0 Action of detinue North Carolina
Hinde v. Pendleton 1 Va. Ch. Dec. 354 1799 0 Action of debt H.Ct of Chancery VA
Covenhoven v. Seaman 1 Johns. Cas. 23 1799 0 Recovery for freedom SC of New York
Sullivan's Lessee v. Brown 1 Tenn. 6 1799 1 Tennessee
Chapman v. Chapman 8 Va. 430 1799 0 Suit in equity SC of Appeals VA